DHAKA, Jan. 30 -- Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called for urgent, scalable climate adaptation actions.

"As a nation, we bear the responsibility of protecting our people-whether foreign funds and investments are available or not. This is why Bangladesh created the Climate Change Trust Fund, allocating a portion of our national budget to tackle climate challenges," she said while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on Thursday.

Standard Chartered Bank organised the workshop on "Catalyzing Climate Adaptation Actions at Scale and Mobilizing Investments" at The Westin, Dhaka on Thursday.

"Adaptation is essential, but it does not give us a license to continue with flawed economic models that contribute to climate change,...